Holy Cross Lutheran Church

Sermon | "Small" | February 16

Aesop once noted, “Good things come in small packages.” Well, in Jesus’ day, there wasn’t much that was smaller than a mustard seed.  And yes, as Jesus points out - that mustard seed, over time, though small, will grow to be a giant. For those of us living in the Kingdom, we need to re-evaluate our culture’s desire for extraordinary things or BIG things, and engage with others through…small.

Bible Study | February 9

Sermon | "Death" | February 9

In arguably the shortest parable, Jesus says a lot. When it comes to Kingdom Dynamics - there’s much we can learn from seeds; seeds, which in order to both flower and fruit, must first be planted in the ground…it must die a small death - but with that death comes life. And the life that springs from the mustard seed, reminds us that the dynamics of the Christ Kingdom is small, slow and weak.

Bible Study | February 2

Sermon | "A Calling Hope" | February 2

As we discover and live out our calling -- we'll also discover greater dependence on Jesus. The more we offer our lives in service of Christ's Kingdom on earth, the more we will discover how much needs to be done in us, before He can work through us. As we live our calling out - we'll be surprised to find a longing and desire to come back in...into the arms of our Father, into His gracious embrace, into His thoughtful correction, and into His ultimate purposes for us. With hope, we press on in God's calling for us.

Sermon | "The Same but Different Calling" | January 26

Relationships are messy because well...we're all the same and all different. We're all fashioned in the image of God, but we're fashioned uniquely. We all have one Father, but like most siblings...we are definitely different from one another. And those differences often cause conflict, but as St. Paul reminds us, it's our differences that make us beautiful.

Bible Study | January 19

Sermon | "A Counter-Cultural Calling" | January 19

The world was perfect. And then it was not. We live in a broken, sin-plagued world that has the self at the center...which is why, the Way of Jesus feels so upside-down, so counter-cultural...so weird. When we live out the calling of Jesus, it is quite possible and even probable that people will think we're weird. But what if faithfulness to one's calling is simply embracing the weird? And what if the weird is what brings us life?

Sermon | "When Calling Knocks You Over" | January 12

Saul had the life he'd always dreamed of - theologically adept and culturally influential. In fact, Saul had everything he had worked for...until he was knocked over by a blinding light. Truth be told, his life was being examined in the light and truth of Christ...and it left him blind. Saul was being called to a new way of seeing, a new way being, a new way of loving and living. No longer was he asking the question - what do I want in life? Rather, as one called by Jesus, he began to ask - what does God want to do through me. This is the question we must ask ourselves today.

Bible Study | January 5